Basic Biographical Details

Name: Andrew Mickel
Designation:  
Born: 1877
Died: 1962
Bio Notes: Andrew Mickel was born in 1877, the eldest son of Andrew Mickel, draper and his wife Helen Weir. He was articled as a joiner to his uncle Robert Mickel, builder and became architect as well as builder, studying at Glasgow School of Art from 1893 to 1895 and probably taking Charles Gourlay's classes at Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. At some point before the First World War he visited Canada to study the building industry in North America. The business had become Andrew Mickel & Co by about 1913.

Mickel enlisted with the Royal Engineers in 1914. After the war he joined forces with the house-building firm of John Auld Mactaggart and together they founded the house-building firm of Mactaggart & Mickel on 1 March 1925. Mickel did not act as architect again, although he probably contributed ideas to the design of the architect employed by that company. He died in 1962.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Glasgow, ScotlandBusiness   

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 10After 1893Tenements of Mansion FlatsHyndland GlasgowScotland 
Item 2 of 101901Fourteen blocks of 4-storey tenementsHyndland GlasgowScotland 
Item 3 of 101902Five blocks of four-storey tenements  GlasgowScotland 
Item 4 of 101905Five blocks of four-storey tenements  GlasgowScotland 
Item 5 of 10c. 1905Tenements for A Mactaggart & Co  GlasgowScotland 
Item 6 of 10190773 Grahamsdyke RoadBo'ness / Borrowstouness West LothianScotland 
Item 7 of 101907Six blocks of four-storey tenements  GlasgowScotland 
Item 8 of 101914Terrace of eight housesClarkston GlasgowScotland 
Item 9 of 101919Semi-detached villasClarkston GlasgowScotland 
Item 10 of 101922KelmscottPollokshields GlasgowScotlandTimber verandah on west elevation added

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2RCAHMS1999Homebuilders: Mactaggart & Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry RCAHMSp 9-19, 21-8, 33, 37, 41, 43, 47-8, 50, 76, 89, 98, 103, 108-21, 123-4, 138-9, 152, 154, 188
Photograph showing four generations of Mickel men (1938) p 48
Item 2 of 2Scottish Biographies1938  E J Thurston (pub.) 

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this :
 SourceArchive NameSource Catalogue No.Notes
Item 1 of 1Professor David M Walker personal archiveProfessor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material Information on GSA studies from Iain Paterson